Voltron Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Alex Chilton died yesterday at age 59 from an apparent heart attack. That's fucked up. I've been meaning to post this sad news ever since my wife called to tell me she heard it on the radio while she was driving to work. Great and influential musician. Also been meaning to play some Big Star and shit but I have been too busy to do anything fun today. Will have to toast him later, but for now here are the lyrics to The Replacements' Alex Chilton: If he was from Venus, would he feed us with a spoon? If he was from Mars, wouldn't that be cool? Standing right on campus, would he stamp us in a file? Hangin' down in Memphis all the while. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song." Cerebral rape and pillage in a village of his choice. Invisible man who can sing in a visible voice. Feeling like a hundred bucks, exchanging good lucks face to face. Checkin' his stash by the trash at St. Mark's place. Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song." I never travel far without a little Big Star Runnin' 'round the house, Mickey Mouse and the Tarot cards. Falling asleep with a flop-pop video on. If he was from Venus, would he meet us on the moon? If he died in Memphis, then that'd be cool, babe Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song." I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song. I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wwko_the-replacements-alex-chilton_music No, he didn't die in Memphis, but NOLA ain't a bad place to go out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 RIP My senior year of high school and college freshman years revolved around listening to Big Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 (edited) The 'Mats were my introduction to Chilton and Big Star. Have always been around since. NPRs obit: The Late Alex Chilton, An Uncompromising Rocker : NPR Edited March 19, 2010 by blessingx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Very sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agile_one Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 R.I.P. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted March 19, 2010 Report Share Posted March 19, 2010 Sad. He leaves a great legacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 A friend of mine posted this to his Facebook page: Remembering Alex Chilton: An Underground 'Big Star' : NPR "One last bit of remembrance: A couple short interviews with Chilton, from a number of years ago. Most interesting to me are his attitude about That 70s Show and how his lyrics were messed with and his feelings about the Box Tops's The Letter." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 That's a shame. The originator of power pop - gone. I wish I hadn't been so ignorant growing up in Memphis in the '60's and '70's. Big Star to me was just the grocery store down the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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